Guest: Lyndal Roper is Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford. She is the author of several books including, Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet; Witch Craze, and her latest, Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants’ War.
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Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – August 7, 2025
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
US Citizens Detained by ICE; California Closes Prisons Citing Incarceration Decline
ICE has arrested and detained US citizens as part of the agency’s militarized sweeps to capture undocumented immigrants. Sam Levin, correspondent for The Guardian and Sergio Perez, executive director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Affairs join today’s show. You can read Sam’s article for the Guardian here https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/05/us-citizens-jailed-ice-los-angeles In the second … Continued
Netanyahu Cabinet Fires Judge Overlooking Corruption Trial, FEMA Workers Moved to ICE; Plus, Plus, Black Banjo Reclamation Project at SF Downtown Hoedown
00:08 — Joel Beinin is Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. 00:33 — David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. His most recent book is Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power (2020). 00:45 — Hannah Mayree is founder of the Black Banjo Reclamation Project.
Democracy Now 6am – August 7, 2025
ON TODAY’S SHOW: “War in Perpetuity”: M. Gessen Warns Putin Won’t Make Peace with Ukraine Because It Risks His Own Survival From India to Brazil, Trump Intensifies Trade War Against BRICS Nations as New Tariffs Take Effect “Tightening the Chokehold”: Amjad Iraqi on Israel’s Plans to “Empty Out” Gaza and Annex West Bank The Global Plastic Threat: … Continued
John Nichols/Alexander Motyl/Matthew Klein
Will the Lawless Trump Regime Have the FBI Arrest the Democratic Lawmakers Who Fled Texas to Stop Trump’s Power Grab? We begin with Republicans in the Texas Legislature and Senator Cornyn calling on Kash Patel’s FBI to arrest the Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to stop the gerrymandering power grab order by Trump. Meanwhile, … Continued
Non-fiction Music – August 7, 2025
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A mix of jazz, folk, blues and more with Joel Sachs.
LoveSoul with Al Glenn – August 7, 2025
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Enjoy sensuous bedroom soul, sexy Smooth Jazz, and scintillating social commentary with Bay Area native and longtime Classic Soul radio taste-maker and Smooth Jazz connoisseur Al Glenn. Have some before this tasty Midnight snack is all gone!
All Your Old Records – August 6, 2025
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Music from 1964 to the present, with David Ogilvy. *** To view a PLAYLIST for an episode that has broadcast, click on the episode’s title. ***
Dead to the World – August 6, 2025
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Music by the Grateful Dead, and music not by the Grateful Dead. Hosted by Tim Lynch.